Liberties Quotes · Page 5

Liberty cannot be guaranteed by law. Nor by any thing else except the resolution of free citizens to defend their liberties.

— Edward Abbey

Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it.

— David Greenberg

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

— John Milton

To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.

— John Lothrop Motley

The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a…

— Joseph Story

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

— Joe Biden

“We’ve built a society that values civil liberties even at the expense of social order.”

— Charles Wheelan

“Take liberties you shouldn’t and you’ll find your liberties are taken from you.”

— John Kramer

...[I]f we care about our remaining liberties we must at some point draw a line in the sand and let politicians and…

— Walter E. Williams

It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this…

— Robert Byrd

If you know anything about what a lot of the senior leaders at Amazon do in their free time, they spend a…

— Andy Jassy

I accept that in a free society you have to justify reductions in people's liberties. I accept that, bearing in mind my…

— John Howard

The challenge to our liberties comes frequently not from those who consciously seek to destroy our system of government, but from men…

— William O. Douglas

And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of…

— Frederic Bastiat

Sacrificing British liberties will not protect us. It just plays into the hands of the terrorists. The justice system is not the…

— Dominic Raab

I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was…

— Ira Sachs

Times of tragedy and war naturally bring out strong emotions... Sometimes people are only too anxious to sacrifice their constitutional liberties during…

— Ron Paul

It is easy to make light of insistence on scrupulous regard for the safeguards of civil liberties when invoked on behalf of…

— Felix Frankfurter

FREEDOM CANNOT BE LICENSED, liberties cannot be regulated and rights cannot be granted. History teaches us that when the rights and liberties…

— Steve Kubby

The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to…

— Anonymous

Individuals for whom no orthodox cure is available surely are entitled to select a health care approach…This right (is) specifically within,,,the 1st,…

— Luther L. Bohanon

Eisenhower was less deferential to the military than he seemed likely to be, Kennedy was not at all beholden to the pope,…

— David K. Shipler

What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their…

— Thomas Jefferson

A people may prefer a free government, but if by momentary discouragement or temporary panic, or a fit of enthusiasm for an…

— John Stuart Mill

If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.

— Marquis de Lafayette

For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.

— E. P. Thompson

The protection of our liberties does not ultimately depend on parliaments or even the courts. It depends on the love of the…

— Michael Kirby

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

— Abraham Lincoln

If the charter of your liberties entails death and despair for untold multitudes, then it is nothing but a license for slaughter.

— Amitav Ghosh

Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution.

— Alexander Hamilton

“Whenever we are attacked, people are willing to give up someone else's liberties for their own security.”

— Andrew P. Napolitano

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.

— Theresa May

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.

— William Weld

I'm just not sure I trust the federal government not to trample on civil liberties.

— Tucker Carlson

A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will…

— Herbert Spencer

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

— Anonymous

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

— Plutarch

“Remain independent of any source of income that will deprive you of your personal liberties.”

— Texas Bix Bender

For a better society, some liberties need to be restricted and some shall be courageous to sacrifice themselves for equality.

— Anonymous

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

— Michelangelo Antonioni